Avanti Art Deco Espresso

Avanti Art Deco Coffee. MAKER – I love the taste of the coffee brew this coffee maker produces.Slowly brewed is the best. My husband has a coffee pod machine but I wouldnt drink any other coffee at home except the Stovetop one. It lasts for many years. Show details

Love them – I've got three different sizes and I've given lots as gifts to family and friends. Makes good coffee and they look lovely on stove top and are easy to clean. Show details

The journey is over – What a decades long journey but I am home now. Started with the aluminium stovetop expresso machines moved on to several stovetop designs ,then to electric expresso machines low end ,then to high end,then to an avanti plunger and now to this .It makes the best consistent easy coffee out of all of them.I have the 6 cup version which is pefect for 2 people.  Show details

Makes seroiusly good coffee – I have always had a stovetop coffee maker of some type adn I can confidently say this is the best one. It has already outlasted most other and shows no signs of wear. Something about the design of this particular one make THE BEST coffee. Rich and strong. I wholeheartedly recommend this machine. I have th 6 cups one and its great.  Show details

The Goldilocks coffee maker – Not too big, not too small. This is the perfect size for me, I make a pot every morning and have just the right amount for the day including in a cup for a the wife. If makes strong italian style coffee. You can't really make it any weaker as it needs a certain amount to hold the pressure and just becomes bitter if you don't load it fully. Its a really good coffee maker and looks good too.  Show details

Love this coffee maker – I am actually sipping on a delicious coffee from this right now as I write. I have had plenty of stovetops over the years but this one is particularly good. It has the two things I always want: 6 cups volume and stainless steel construction. So long s you get the tamping pressure right with the grounds, this is pretty much a failsafe "always good" machine. Happy with it, no complaints at all  Show details

Really excellent espresso – I only use stovetops - I have no time for all the silly machine people have these days - this is the best and one of the simplest ways to have beautiful coffee. its very well made, all stainless so it doesn't taint the flavor and simply works well. No complaints at all. Great for espresso!  Show details

Over four years old still going strong – I got this for christmas 2014 and its still going strong. I use it every morning and its somehow on the original o-ring seal. This impressive! Its stainless steel which is the ONLY way to go with these as it doesn't taint the coffee and they last longer too. I would say I am 100% happy with this. Not a bad word to say. They have pretty much got the design spot on! Oh and the coffee is lovely too!  Show details

Great simple stovetop coffee maker – I really like this. It takes a lot for me to get excited about a coffee pot but this one works particularly well. I have no interest is the whizz bang coffee machines that everybody has now. I appreciate simple things but good quality and that describes this precisely. I use it everyday and I always have good coffee. The seal is still good (its… Read more

only 6 months old) and being stainless steel, its much better for you than aluminium ( they leech ). I recommend this model - its good!

Consistently good coffee – This is the latest of many espresso makers that I have had - I always have one but I will say that this is amongst the best. I don't know if its the shape of the boiler or the pressure it develops or what exactly but this one makes consistently great coffee. It is still possible to get it wrong though. There is some user error possible. You need… Read more

to use good beans and get the tamping just right. If you do that you will be rewarded with great coffees from this!

Really enjoy this coffee maker – I am delighted with this stovetop coffee maker. It looks lovely but the main point is that it makes absolutely excellent coffee. There is nothing much to these - just three metal parts and a seal but in that simplicity it works very well indeed. The secret with these is to keep the flame down very low!  Show details

Excellent Espresso Coffee Maker – This is all I need in a coffee maker. It is simple but very effective. I have the six cup one and I have it down to a "T" packing it in the morning. It can make awful coffee, it can make wonderful coffee it's up to you what bean you use and how you pack it. Done right, this can make coffee to give most cafes a run fir their money. I really like this simple device  Show details

Lovely Coffee Every Day – I get up and make my coffee first thing every morning. This has been the best little stove top I have had in years. I always have one and I used to think th Bialetti were best. If you get the pressure just right when you put the coffee grounds in, you can get the sweetest most delicious results with this. Another bonus is that a year out I am still on the seam seal so that good too. I recommend this model, its good.  Show details

Really Great Stovetop Espresso – Love this. Make coffee every morning and save $8 for the two of us. It's all about good quality beans, the pressure that you pack the coffee basket and keeping that flame low. I am still on the original seal which is good going and the only maintenance is a good clean, I did clean the inside tube too with a pipe cleaner as it collects a lot of particles. This makes consistent delicious coffee.  Show details

Great Espresso Coffee Maker – I have the 6 cup pot which I find perfect for a full mug of black espresso. You can use the supplied reducer to make a smaller brew if you wish. Even though the unit is made in China it is very well constructed and solid and should last for many years.Make sure you do not use the handle as a lever to attach and remove the upper chamber from the… Read more

pot. You can get good purchase from gripping around the spout. The pot is very easy to use and as the lower chamber holds more water than it produces in coffee you will always have a small amount of water in the bottom chamber. Not an issue your coffee is ready when it starts to gurgle. Cleaning is a breeze and a chopstick makes cleaning the upper chamber a 1 minute job. Put hot water into the upper chamber then wrap a chux cloth around your chopstick and insert into the pot and use it to clean the pot as you would with a brush. As the bottom chamber has excess water the chamber never needs cleaning just a quick rinse. This avanti makes great coffe consistently. Would highly recommend.

Love this coffer pot – Given this four years ago by my daughter as an unwanted wedding present . I use it twice every day . .I find it very easy to use and give it s good rinse afterwards . I am a bit carefuI using it on a gas stove but always remove it from the stove with an oven glove just incase of burning as the handle can get hot. I have tried so many coffee machines but nothing comes close to the coffee this little pot makes !  Show details

Love it! – I use my percolator every morning so I need one that can live through heavy use; until now I have used cheaper brands like Pezzetti and Bialetti, and I have found that even after 6 months the quality of the coffee gets gritty and even burnt/bitter. I have had my Avanti for a year now and it hasn't missed a beat- perfect, smooth coffee consistent… Read more

every morning... and unlike the other brands, although I probably should have by now, I haven't had to descale it at all. I cant praise it enough.... if I ever have to replace it, it will be with another Avanti.

Great perculator. Use it every day – I wanted to reply to some of the comments regarding the "filter cap". Other companies refer to this as a reducer. The reducer is used to "reduce" the amount of coffee you are making. By inserting the reducer, you have cut the volume of coffee in half. You fill the base of the coffeemaker with water to half of what you normally would, insert the… Read more

reducer, and add the coffee. With the reducer in place you can use a 6 cup coffeemaker and make only 3 cups of coffee. It makes the coffeemaker more versatile.

excellent product – I received mine for Christmas, it is great and easy to use, and it makes excellent coffee. filter cap confuses me (never seen or heard of one before) bent into a "v" on first use - I now use it upside down and it works well (it makes cleaning lots easier) neat, easy to tighten/loosen, comes with a second seal, works on induction didn't receive it early enough

Good product and looks good too – I have recently bought the small coffee maker and would recommend it for coffee for 2 people. The handle doesn't get hot if it isn't placed above the heat. It is better than my larger well known Italian brand model which nearly scalds me every time I use it. There is a little steam escape gap at the top of the handle and I have to remember to… Read more

hold it carefully. The Avanti avoids this problem, I'm pleased to say. I've never used the filter cap so can't comment on it's effectiveness. Unfortunately, it is not suitable for use on an induction stove top. Good weight, solid, terrific coffee Not suitable for induction

Good – Design is elegant and sleek, yet very tough being all stainless construction. No plastic/bakelite handles here. The handle does get hot from gas burners, but this is brief and it cools almost immediately after the burner is turned off. The resulting brew is excellent as I've come to expect from stainless steel stovetop espresso makers. … Read more ·  1

Although it's design and construction are top notch, except for one minor detail, the unit is still quite pricey at $150 where I bought mine (Unfortunately I'm not certain as to the product's RRP, But I'm guessing it's between $100 and $150.)

The only other niggling detail is what Avanti call the "filter cap". This little apparatus is designed to sit on top of the funnel or basket where the coffee grounds are placed and press them down gently into the basket. This is a great idea as it's supposed to provide extra filtration and keep the coffee grounds pressed firmly in the basket, but unfortunately the construction of this object is so thin and flimsy that the high pressure during brewing actually bends the disc into a V shape and often coffee grounds go around and end up on top of it during the bewing process. I only have the medium (6 cup) version, so I can't say how the other two sizes perform, but I would assume the results would be much the same.

Overall this is a great looking and well built little coffee maker which does the job well. It also comes in 3 sizes which is handy for guests.

The price could be better considering fairly decent bench top espresso machines start at around $250AUD these days, maybe cheaper, although I am yet to try one of these units, so I'm unsure of the brewing quality.

A little more thought into refining the "filter cap" idea would make this unit flawless. It's not really a big deal as removing this filter has no effect on the end result, and that's what it's all about.

4/5 stars. Design and construction (for the most part).

Excellent brewing results, on par with any good stainless stovetop espresso maker. Price,

So called "filter cap" not so functional.

Elegant design; wonderful brew – I bought the 6-cup version for $100 from House. It's a great moka pot in every respect and makes strong, consistent brews. Like the last review, my secondary filter also tacos from the pressure, but I prefer a stronger brew, so I leave it out. The stainless handle doesn't get hot and the unit is very well balanced. The handle itself is a good… Read more

distance from the pot so you don't have to worry about burning the backs of your fingers. I've found there's a little amount of water left in the resevoir bottom after brewing; the smaller versions I've used tend to empty completely, so it could be a volume issue. The unit seals well and comes with a spare seal rubber. I'm thinking of getting the other sizes too - I really like this unit. Design, finish, quality of construction and brew. Comes in many sizes, Great machianetta! secondary filter flimsy, but bends back easily